The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1887-06-03
TIC STEWARDS STORY.

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''On the 2oth day OF April, 1857
SAID Steward Ed Mather At an informal
meeting OF the Criterion club the othe,
evening. "ae I stood with my friend
Comes Tejada and his sweet young
bride at the door Of their cottage IN
the picturesque mountain vill.va ~ 70.
pe1i' Mextco--fair Topeji. from whose
agave-bordered lanes IL seen. miles to
the northward. but apparently only q
step away, the snowy peak Of the
belching Popocatapetal piercing the
sky like a cleaning lance, while far
away In the east fre-crowned Orixab.
rears its sulphurous summit, a quench.
less beacon high above the. clouds-as
I stood there, almost in the shadow of
those awful mounts az fame. coro.
seized INV bora -.,a la w
- Aa.' ""u wnile ms voice
4uaseFeo with emot'cn. and the dark
eyed beauty he had won turned her
face aside to hide her yelling tears. bo
said IN his rich rativo to,.,,s.
.rd ~
- ~. wy 10 saau' IL on any
.usure anniversary OF this day you fail
to.receive from me, wherever you NAV
be, a case of the hest nn,oue III. s,r,
kissed land oon ,,,a.ss -. $3.50. s.
On, s..s, S"- '' Ano" 'nae !
81. ueau'
81 was about taking my leave of Go.
mez and his bride, after having done
them something NJ a favor onI ,..;.s
.n;o,od .h.;- .s-s,Iu.N "'.a having
se .ne nosP''"liSy 'or a Few
oays. When he made that pledge I
know his gratitude was deem. for
pulauc TO a MEXICAN ia no h,s h....,.
blood. l left Iopeji' and for thirty
nso years : received a case OF pulque
on the 10th day of April as regularly
as the day came round. This year the
case al0 MOI come. and SO l know that
my old friend Gomez is dead, and 1
shall taste pulque of his never MORE"
Gomez Tcjada might have been dead.
but he couldn't have been any deader
than the silence that sat upon the club
as the steward ceased speaking. The
president of the club gazed in an abb
stracted way at a picture of himself on
the wall. and tried to whistle. Caterer
Collins drew Brother Harry Wall, of
New Haven. aside and whispered to
him.: Brother Wall tapped his FORE
head in q mysterious manner with his
fingers.
"Bu he's only had two small bottles
to'day,' whispered the caterer.
"San,e old brand, as usual, I sup
poser" said Brother Wall, in a stage
whisper. Tho o. P. brand as usual,
l supposeP"
"Ihe .. PIP" whispered the caterer,
inquiringly.
"Yes, the Q. p" said Brother Wall.
"Ihe .. P. brand. o. P.-Other
Peoples"
''Oh!' said the caterer. Eyes, the
same old brand"
Then silence reigned again, but il
was dispclled by Uncle Bill Nash, who
said:
Steward, what are you trying to
give usP"
81 was saying" replied the steward,
''that on the Goth day of April, 1851,
as ! stood"
Eyes, l Know interrupted Uncle
Nash; ''but what's pulquep"
"Pulque, sir" replied the steward,
sis an ardent and ~exhilarating spirit
distilled from the young flower stock
OF the agave plant or American aloe.
say the young flower stalk. but when
the agave is ready to send forth its
candelabra-like bloom that stalk. as
any native Mexican will tell you, has
been Just N century in getting to the
Towering stage. Yet that IS the ia
fancy of it's usefulness and from its
rich juice this pulque was distilled.
Pulque was the tipple on which the
ancient Aztec kings, whose children
are no more, and"
Eyes, there's a fcw of them Aztec
children left" interrupted Brother
Wiley of the Brick church. s.They live
in side-shows, and are distinguished by
toboggan-slide foreheads."
land pulque," continued the stew
ard, unmindful OF the interruption. sis
the national drink of Mexico to-day.